The Center for Education Professions (CEP) coordinated contacts between the University of Wisconsin's College of Education and the public and private schools of the La Crosse area. The synchronization was accomplished through the grouping of 23 multiunit area schools into a network called "Area Movement for Educationally New Dimensions" (AMEND).…

The Fulton County four-quarter plan allows a secondary school to develop a program to meet the needs of each student while allowing students to participate in course selection and class scheduling. Because of the need for a quality program during the summer months, this program has been designed to meet the standards of the total school program…

This is the first part of a national study on science instruction in secondary schools of the United States. Questionnaires (copies appended) sent to the principal and to a randomly selected science teacher in 2,019 public secondary schools, selected by multi-stage random samples of Great Lakes and Far West region schools, provided information…

This report on school leadership is based primarily on 2-years of general and particular observation of the organization of schools made by the Commission on Public School Personnel Policies in Ohio. The report also took into account several surveys and analyses by educators and other organizations concerned with public schools. The objective of…

In discussing what is meant by the concept "organization," the author raises the questions, "What is an organization that it can have such a thing as a goal?" and, assuming it appropriate to speak of organizational goals, "how do the goals of individuals bear on those of the organization?" The author submits that answers to these questions raise…

THE OPERATION OF BUENA VISTA HIGH SCHOOL IN SAGINAW, MICHIGAN, AND SUGGESTIONS FOR SYSTEM CHANGES WERE DESCRIBED IN THE THIRD OF A SERIES OF THREE REPORTS. OF GENERAL CONCERN WAS THE USE OF CLOSED-CIRCUIT TELEVISION IN GRADE 11 ENGLISH INSTRUCTION. THE STUDY WAS PART OF A GENERAL INVESTIGATION, USING SYSTEMS ANALYSIS AND COMPUTER SIMULATION…

A DESCRIPTION WAS PRESENTED OF A SIMULATION VEHICLE THAT WAS BEING DEVELOPED TO PERMIT MODELING ANY SCHOOL CONFIGUATION. THE MODEL WAS CONSIDERED AS HAVING TWO MAJOR PARTS--(1) THE ACTIVITY PROCESSOR AND (2) THE RESOURCE ALLOCATION PROCESSOR. THE ADDITION OF THE RESOURCE ALLOCATION PROCESSOR TO THE PREVIOUSLY DEVELOPED SIMULATION VEHICLE PROVIDES…

Three sets of categories present a matrix that provides a basis for characterizing or defining any particular alternative school effort. Abstracts of five national reports recommending the offering of alternative public schools are also included. (Author/MLF)

Discusses the formal organization of the school in order to arrive at ways that schools might be organized for the fuller development of children. Accepting the key role of the principal, the article examines some leadership styles and indicates that the participative principal is generally to be preferred. (Author/IRT)

Organization Development deserves the attention of school media personnel. It offers a new and promising approach to the whole problem of staff development and evaluation for school media programs. Its strengths lie in its constructive, open approach to both individual and program actuation. (Author)

Describes nine steps that enable a school psychologist to determine the real agenda of a school system. The "real" agenda of a school is defined as those behaviors that are encouraged and discouraged by each school's culture on a daily basis, and is not necessarily equated with official school statements. (Author)

Proposes a conceptual framework for viewing alternative schools. Identifies four educational ideologies and explores how they may influence school goals, program, formal structure, environment, and informal processes and norms. Develops propositions related to (1) the relationship between alternative schools and the external environment and (2)…

Looks at the reasons why the West Oxfordshire Center of Advanced Education has failed. The Center was an example of cooperation between sixth form work and adult education colleges. (Editor/RK)

Leadership style is the key to successful communication and decision-making. A methodology is proposed to help school districts determine who should be considered management. (Author/MLF)